As we get ready for the next game of the century this January 4th at the Rose Bowl as the unbeatable USC Trojans take on the Texas Longhorns, there will be countless stories written about how we've gotten to this place where national championships are decided by computers and coaches who can't see beyond their own playbooks. Isn't there a simpler way?
Ron Walter has found it and presents it for us at his well put together site, HeavyweightFootballChamps.com. As you can probably tell by the name, Ron has decided that it might make more sense to determine our national championship the way they do it in the boxing world. Don't worry about strength of schedule or margin of victory, don't campaign for votes or try to figure out a computer's logarithm. All you have to do is this: To be the Man, you have to beat the Man. You can argue about how much sense it makes, but there's no doubting that it's a lot more fun than the BCS.
Also included in the site is a listing of the entire line of heavyweight college football championships stretching from the very first (Rutgers in 1869) all the way to the current belt-holder -- you guessed it! -- USC. I've asked Ron to think about disclosing some more of his data, so we might soon see a list itemizing the number of weeks each team has held the championship. Until then, I'll just have to wonder how many weeks my Mighty Card has stood at the top of the mountain.
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